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Exam 2 Flashcards

Ch 9 and 10 (53 cards)

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What are markers of the transition to adulthood?

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  1. accepting responsibility for oneself
  2. making independent decisions
  3. becoming financially independent
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transition to adulthood in developed countries vs developing countries

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in developed countries, adulthood is characterized by individualism

in developing countries, adulthood is marked by marriage because they prize the collectivist value of interdependence (mutual obligations)

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markers for young israelis

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completing military service

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markers for young argentines

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being able to support a family financially

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markers for adults in Korea and China

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being able to support their parents financially

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markers for adults in India

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emotional self control

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what is the relationship between intelligence and academic success?

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they are moderately correlated

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intelligence tests are used to help identify…

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success in adulthood

children and adolescents who have learning disabilities

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IQ is powerful predictor of ___ according to Strenze

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income and occupational status in adulthood

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high IQ adults often___

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do well in their careers in terms of income advancement and awards

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what is the relationship between IQ and career success

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strong predictor

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what does childhood IQ predict

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high IQ had great deal of educational and occupational success
dozens of patents, hundreds of books and many other achievements

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Louis Terman

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original developers of Stanford Binet test

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what was the range of IQs in Terman’s Study

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1500 children with IQ of 140 or higher

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what is the central psychosocial issue in young adulthood?

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intimacy vs isolation

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what must happen before intimacy?

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identity

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what is Erickson’s notion of intimacy

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intimacy means uniting your newly formed identity with another person in an enduring committed intimate relationship

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healthy intimacy

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having a strong enough identity to become emotionally close to someone without submerging yourself

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love that involves physical attraction and sexual desire

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passion

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intimacy

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feelings of closeness and emotional attachment

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commitment

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pledge to love someone over the long run through ups and downs that are often part of love

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physical changes in midlife

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gray hair
skin tone loosens
obesity rises

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visual changes in midlife

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declines the most
lens of eye enlarges and becomes less flexible
number of rods and cones in eye diminishes
by 60 most people need reading glasses

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hearing changes

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declines for about 13% of adults in developed countries

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hearing changes
declines for about 13% of adults in developed countries esp for high pitched sounds cilia thin out (tiny hairs in ear) men experience greater hearing loss
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hormone replacement therapy
get around the time of menopause and for no more than 5 years, get the benefits of it with few risks women over 60 should not get it
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hot flashes as a result of menopause
african american women are more likely
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menopause
the end of monthly ovulation and menstruation that occurs in women in midlife
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what is associated with sleep problems in middle age
obesity, cardiovascular disease and depression
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risk factors for osteoporosis
``` genetics lifestyle choices smoking high alcohol consumption poor diet (low levels of calcium) low rates of physical activity ```
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rates of cardiovascular disease are likely to be lowest for an individual living in___
Japan | France
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results of Americans Changing Lives Study
people with high levels of educational attainment were less likely than others to die in middle adulthood or to experience chronic health problems in middle and late adulthood
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types of intelligence
fluid intelligence | crystallized intelligence
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fluid intelligence
involves information processing abilities such as short term memory, the ability to discern relations between visual stimuli (patterns in geometric shapes), and the speed of synthesizing new information
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crystallized intelligene
accumulation of a person's culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social conventions also in logical reasoning abilities
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seattle longitudinal study found that perceptual speed __
declines in middle adulthood but most aspects of intelligence rises
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expertise falls under what kind of intelligence?
crystallized intelligence
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work differences for middle age vs emerging adult workers
pay increases more enjoyment on the work itself gain authority become more involved in the decision making to influence how their job is done
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what is reaction time
the amount of time it takes a person to respond to the stimulus
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what happens to reaction time over life span
reaction time of midlife adults is typically longer than young adults when involves lights and sounds and pressing buttons
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cognitive changes for midlife adults
attention declines | the ability to focus attention on relevant information and ignore what is irrelevant declines
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divided attention and changes in middle adulthood
the ability to maintain attention on two or more information sources simultaneously and switch back and forth between them declines
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divided attention and changes in middle adulthood
the ability to maintain attention on two or more information sources simultaneously and switch back and forth between them declines
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midlife crisis
state claimed to be common in middle adulthood, entailing anxiety, unhappiness, and a critical reappraisal of ones life, possibly provoking dramatic changes
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Ericksonian crisis
individuals have the desire to live on after they have died and to help those younger than they so that the effects of their time on earth will be evident when they are gone THIS IS GENERATIVITY VS STAGNATION
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the status of women
there is a rise in their freedon, authority, and well being
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family relations
parenting responsibilities ease in some ways as the children grow up new family obligations arise as grandchildren are born and elderly parents need greater care from their midlife children
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women's historical patters in Asia Africa, and South America
when a woman and man marry, the son remains in his parents household and his wife moves in
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family relations
parenting responsibilities ease in some ways as the children grow up new family obligations arise as grandchildren are born and elderly parents need greater care from their midlife children midlife adults who are highly involved in a parents care experience high rates of exhaustion and depression
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how marital satisfaction changes over the life span
satisfaction is high in the first year of marriage, decline in the second year, reaches a low point when caring for childrenm and remains low until midlife, a steep and steady rise in midlife
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research on marriage (and divorce) in the US has shown that ___
midlife married couples often describe their spousse as their best friend
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work and leisure in other developed countries
all developed countries except the US guarantees workers a minimum number of weeks of paid vacation a year
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the capacity for divided attention declines from emerging adulthood to middle adulthood and some researchers have argued that this is caused by
a cohort difference

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